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Wedding dress
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Wedding dress

Date1904
Location where usedBurlington, Vermont, United States
MediumCotton, silk
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Mervyn T. Morgan
Object number1998.18.2
DescriptionBodice, skirt, cummerbund, ribbon bow. Cream (or white) mull embroidered with satin dots. Bodice has yoke and collar of embroidered tulle. Stand collar with stays. Three rows of cording that is self covered with gathered fabric, below yoke and around sleeves. Front has Edwardian pouffe. Fastens down back. Sleeves are full, gathered and a pouffe at elbow, the fitted tulle with ruffle at wrist. Skirt: Gored plain front, trained back with panel down center back of the cording with gathered fabric, outlined with a tulle and satin ruffled ribbon. Back as 6 sets of cording. Front of skirt has three sets fo the gathered fabric over cording in a ruffle. The ribbon decorates neck and sleeves. Lined in white cotton, skirt has 4 sets of ruffles. Cummerbund: of cream taffeta, stays on either end. Bow: cream silk satin ribbon, one loop up and one loop covering knot and both streamers handing down.
Accessories to dress:
1998.18.3 shoes, 1998.18.4 stockings, 1998.18.5 gloves, 1998.18.6 petticoat, 1998.18.7 camisole, 1998.18.8 wedding tie.
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